Phylogeny and evolutionary history of the blister beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 679-693

  Bologna, Marco A ^a   Oliverio, Marco ^b   Pitzalis, Monica ^a   Mariottini, Paolo ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Evolutionary history; ITS2 rDNA; Meloidae; Phylogeny; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANTHICIDAE; COLEOPTERA; MELOIDAE;

EID: 47749107893     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.04.019     Document Type: Article

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